The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, March 10, 1883, Image 4
A Kodeth afbSov.
St rn C.rpenter was born in Wash.
Int4n OQtV, 'w York.' It .is' kow
that he has performed fea t of strength
unsurpassed by any man that has-lived
in ancient or modern times, excepting,
of course, the Biblical Samson, His
ooonpation was that of a farmer. Being
naturally of a very quiet, peaceable
disposition, and a. inomber of the So
cioty of Friends, hd nevr did anything
for display to attract attention, but the
feats of- strength, that he performed
were done ifndro to satisfy himself and
to see how much he could lift than for
auythi4g oleo. All of his lifting was
done by main strength, without har
ness of any kind, Oue of his greatest
foatn was lifting a box filled with iron
which weighed 1900 pounds, which is
equal to lifting 8800. pounds in a har
neas. He hiftd it with- ease with his
hands by grasping a ropo or chain
which was bound around the box to
seoureit. He did not know the weight
of the kog of Iron at the time, and was
afterward hoard to say that had he
known it weighed so near: a ton he
would have )ut on the othei' hun(red
pounds and lifted the whole. At another
time he lifted a cannon that weighed
1400 pounds and souldere,1 it. At
Oomstock's Landing, on the Champlain
.Oanol, near Whitehall, one day, while
waiting for a load of merchandiso, he
lifted a barrel. of white lead with ease,
The writer of this article was an eye
witness to this feat besides a number of
others. His neighbors when killing
hogs, if Stearn happened to be around,
would ask him to guess the weight of
a hog just killed. If it happoned to be
a big one weighing 400 or 500 pounds
lie would stoop down and twist his fin
gers into the bristles, and in that way
would lilt the carcass clear from the
ground and guess at its weight. He
performed one of the greatest feats of
strength on record after he had reached
the ago of 75 years. He lftcd two
twenty'four-foot iron rails by grasping
one in each hand, and walked oft'
with them. The rails were resting on
wooden horses, so Io did not stoop
down to lift them. Ono day in haying
time he was going from tho field with
his men to the house for dinner. They
were walking along the road together,
when one of his men, for mischief,
came up behind him and by a skilful
trip threw Carpontor down. iIe gath.
cred himself up and said nothing about
it. He walked to the house, and after
dinner, when returning to tho field with
his men, they came along to the placo
where the man gave him the fill. He
suddenly turned upon the man, and,
grasping him by the shoulder and th0
seat of his trousers, lifted him and
hurled him high in the air above him
and over a seven rail fence, by the mide
of which they happened to be walking.
The man came down in the meadow a
rod or more from the fence, consideira
bly shaken up, but not badly hurt.
Mr. Carpentor was not a gigantic man
in sizo. Ho was about six feet tall,
and appeared much less thain that owing
to his massive build. There was no
sup)erfiuous flesh upon him, but the
muscles of his airms, shoulders and neek
seemed lo be piled upon him, so groat
was thcir size. This gayc lhim a stoop
ing appeairance. In a crowdi a casual
observer' would not be likely to pilck
him out for one cf the strongest men
thait ever livedl. Ils strength woula
equal if not surp)ass that of the great
e Roman gladiator Mile.
Ifelnlig at Taule.
When rat last the work of carving is
done, the delicate anti dillicult (duty of
"'helping"'' 1egins. There enn b)e no0
peace of mind for the man who helps
his family and his occasional guaests to
i ny food, except soup andu oysters, bothI
of which can be accurately and fairly
divided. In the case of chaicken lie can
.never give satisfatction. There is no
rule in this matter, heyonid that of
giving the cicklen legs to the boys,
which can be followed. To ask people
what part cf the chicken they pr'eer is
simply mad ness. Ei ther ever*yblody
tells the truth, and demands the best
cut, in wvhich case all but 01n0 will be
cxasperated by failing to have their
wish gratified, or everybody will reply,
'"any part," '"it makes no diff'erence,"
or words to the same mendacious and
aggravating ell'ect. Of course, when
the man who says ''it makes not (ifl'er
enceo" is helped to anything but the
breast, he becomes an enemy of the
carv'er for life, and nothing canidisabuso
him of the impression that lie has been
wantonly insmited. It is.fair better to
boldly help people without making any
pretenso of consulting their wishes.
They will then regard the earver nec a
rudo and careless host; but they will
Iacquit' him of any intention to piress
open insuIte on his guesta, Perhaps
the nmost dlifficuilt person to deal with
Is the lady who says aho "prefers a
leg." l.n the presence of this most
trying person tihe carver is almost cer
tain to make a mistake. The chances
are that she abhors chicken logs, and
expresses, for the sake ot poeliteness an
allegett preference which she confident
ly expects to be disregarded. To help
such a one to a leg is to abuse her eon
fldence and secure her undying hatred.
On -the other hand, if she is one of
those rare women who really have an
abnormal fondness it r legs, she feels
herself outraged if legs are withheld
from her, and decides thiat the carver Is
a selflsh 1br,ate, who has not iufloient
deency to' respect a lady's wishes. We
Oshall never know how many happy
homes have been broken up, how
mapy f$ena.dseanged, and-how much
miscellanieous misery has been suffered
merely because the duty of carving has
beep plaoed in tho'hands of the fathers
of American famIlies.
iight Ithd At tor Bouse I'Mits.
Plants will -not grow without light,
and will not thrive without fresh and
pure air. But some plants require less
light than others, and some will do per
fectly well without any sunshine. A
knowledge of varieties of the habits and
requirements of plants, is essential to
the success of the window garden. Go
to nature for this knowledge. Nature
never makes a mistake. Her hints
may be trusted implicitly. Find out in
what relations to sunshino and moisture
plants grow in their native conditions,
The primroso, nestling under hedges
where its leavec nre sheltered from ti
sun and protected from the dow, where
its roots dip into the moisture of ditches,
tells us that we must not let our prim
rose pots stand too fully in the sun,
nor drench the leaves, nor let the roots
dry up. The cactus, growing in hot
sand plains, in climates whore the rain
falls one half. the year, and the sun
shines fierco!y the other half, has a
lesson on its own leaves for those who
would be successful in the treatment of
cacti. Most of the palms grow in
forest jungles in the tropics, and mani
festly heat, moisture, and shade are
the requirements for palms, with fibrous
earth full of decaymg vegetable matter
for their roots. So with all plants; one
must know them intin:ately to entice
them to their best expression in the
window gardoD. All plants do not need
su1shino; so if you have no sunny
windows, do not despair of having
pretty plants. Ferns, many of the
palms, tradeseantia or "wandering
Jew," ivies, and lycopodium do not
need the sun. Fuchias, begonias, lily
of the valley, need but little sun, and
many of our loveliest wild flowers grow
best whon partially shaded. But all
plants require fresh, pure air. Most
plants thrive best in moist air. Oas is
fatal to plants. Theso facts should be
kept in mind. Many a drooping plant
is crying out for air, and not for the
deluge of water that you pour about its
roots. Leaves drink as well as roots.
And if leaves drink they must not only
have good moist air to drink, but tHwy
must be kept clVan, so that their nouth
pores may be able to take it in. A
growing plant nceds as much washing
as a growing baby. Smooth-leaved
plants need moro washing than those
that have rough leaves. The rough
leaved plants have their pores protected
from the dust by little forests of minute
hairs, many of them need no wetting,
but the dust should be frequently
blown from them with the bellows or
the breath. Plants that are growing
need much mor, air and water than
plants that are resting. Most flower
ing plants exhaust thomselves in bloom
ing. When the last blossom has fallen
the pot may be taken from the window
and set in an out- of-the-way corner.
There it wvill rest for a while. Then it
will have a period of root growth, and
by and by new shoots and leaves will
appear, which is a sign that it is ready
for blooming again, and it may be
phiaced once more in the full light of
window,
,ii Th WVaas ligt;lx Unti er.
lHe is a chlaracter. Hie is usually a
colored gentlemiani, and ho supl iies
families and single boarders with meals
at so much per month. Twenty dlollars
a month Per person is the averago
price, and for that sum he will bring to
your rooms your breakfast and dinner
in a square tin b)ox every morning andl
evening for thirty days. This t>ox is
about two feet square withI shelves in.
aide of it of gratedl iron like 1hose of a
bake.oven in a cooking stove, Jt opens
at the end, and the victuals arc placed
smoking on their shielv' a, and the box
is then closed ready for carrying. It is
no', the most pleasant way to live.
Sometimes the food gets cold, tihe coffee
pot tips into the breakfast, anid thme
salt and pepper aro mixed with the
preserves an,l the sugar. Soimetimues a
knife is forgotten, and others a napkin
fails to make an appearance. Alter
trying it a week or so, tho'bonde~r ofteni
becomes dtisgusted and goes back to
the boarding-house table of gossip, or
takes his meals at one of the nnmerus
restauraiits to be found in r*very quar
ters of the city. Thousands of people
live at restaurants in Washington.
Many mneimbers of Congress eait nowhere
else. A meal can be gotten for fromi
twenty-five cents up as high as you
wish to go. The twenty-live cent
meals are not to be praised, and thirty
live or fifty cents is the least for which
one can get a passable breakfast or
dinnmer. There are some restaurants
wvhero for eighteen 'or twenty dollars a
month you can get twvo meals a day,
but those of tihe bettor class cost, more
and the best range from one dollar a
day upwards. Two meals a day is all
that is included in board, and the
greater number of p)eple in Washing
toa eat no more, though many take
lunches at noon. The rule is a good
breakfast at 8 or 9) o'clock, a cup of
cofice at 1, and a diner, supposed to
lbe a big meal, at 4 or 5 ini the after.
noon.
Itaivenn ,and 'iheep.
A Bcotch grazier says auring nine days,
twvo ravens killed na fewer than thirty
strong i nil-grown sheep. Their mode ot
set ion was discovered to b0 ais fellows :
The mother-bird wouldl fly oni to the sheep's
face, fixing her claws below the eyes, and
seizing the top of the head with her bill,
woubut flap wvith 1-cr wings andt screams
frIghtfully. 1ier nmate, over near, woul,
when the sheep was so fixed, get oni her
back and dig a hole through to the kid
neys. The sheep, dlistractedl and1 blhied,
would sonmetimnes run over the cliff, seine
times into a ditch, and1( somietimes fall
down exhausted In no case were the ra
vens known to leave their victims untfi
life was extinct, snapping the windpipe to
that end, when other means failed ; and
m no case were they known to feed en the
sheep's carcass. The less of their young
ones which had been kIlled, excIted t,hem
to madnes., and the sheep seemed to bie
the only- lving 9nng en which they could
vent their rage.
Eidel'l\oso luttoI
A writer in Troyi :Kansas says inc 8t ot
our older citizens will remember Mose
Kite (who lived in Petersburg Bottoim),
the hero -oY our State's early political
history, who was of stalwart build and
powerful physique; who in 1858 led a
colony of our people to Pike' Peak; who
fought the Indinus on the plalins and was
sbot through the body; who on his re.
turn here after the rebellion was
converted and baptized by Elder
Henshall, of the Christian church at
Petersburg Bottom, and became t. revi
val preacher cf celebrity all through this
section. They will also recall the fact
that, attacked with consumption and re
duced to a skeleton, he was obliged to
remove to the Rookies in .the hope of
saving his life. None thought he would
succeed. Last fall, however, the author
of this article met him at the head of the
Republican river, bigger and more ro
bust than (ver. "Why, I thought you
had died of consumption long, long ago,
Elder?"
"Mo? I never had consumption man i
though people thought that was what
ailed Ime,.and I thought so'myself. But
the doctors had sent me on a wild-goose
chase after a dozen other diseases, just
as fatal, and this was the wildest one of
all."
The good Elder then recounted to us,
in a charming vein, his many adventures
in the rough and ready life ho had led,
"lbut," he said, "remarkable as you may
think my warlike life has been, I have a
much mere interesting story to tell
you.
"You know what a rough, noisy fel.
low I used to be; and I could stand any
hardship. Why, on a wager, I have
knocked down an ox and a mule with
my flst. I have fought ruflians, border
outlaws and Indians; but I was dogged
for years, by a more dangerous unseen
enemy that was over getting me more
completely in his clutches. I was shot
by an Indianu in a fight on the plains,
but that wound healed readily and gave
mo but little trouble. After l returned i
to Kansas and commenced preaching, I i
first began to give way. I had a dull I
teling, accompamed with a pain in the I
right sido. Dr. Butler, our family phy- t
sician, said my liver wias out of order,
caused by the. malaria of the bottoms.
I had always had an appetite like an
ostrich, but my digestion became seri
ously impaired. While on the circ:iit
preaching, I consulted a doctor, who
said I bad dyspepsia. After that, is
tressing palpitation of tho heart followed,
and the physician said this was caused
by my indigestion and diseased livor
which would probably terminate fatally.
Sometimvs I id a ravonous.appetito, at
others none at all. I. was feverish and
then chilly. My food seemed to do m
no good. A specialist told mo 1 had a
tape-worml Ihen I was troubled with
um.sal quantities of wator and a Iro
quent desire to urinato, which was done
with dilliOulty and great pain. The
specialist said I had a touch of the
gravel, caused by use of the alkaline
water of the plains. I then began to
isuifer sovero pains in the loins and the
small of the back, accompanied with
suddne atuacks of dizziness during which
I had to sit or lie dowil, to avoid falling.
I was forced to abandon traveling and
p.roaching because I cou-A no longer
ride on horseback, or trust myself out
ailone. I begaii to be seriously alarnmed,1
and sought the advice of the most noted
lIhyyiciati within reach, HeI said thati
my frequent horseback riding haid jolted
and jarred mec until the old iindian i
wound, which had lijuredl my kidneys,
had become inflamie(. Ho treated meni
with mieiicines and electricity also but<
gave me ino permanent beneit- My
pamnful symptoms all returnd, I began
to cough, got very thini and my legs I
were tasagreeably numb. I began to
tlespalir. At each attempt to euro. miy
ailnents becamne worse, with new symip
tomns. .L next consulted a celebra-ed
phyisician from the East, who, niter
thumping and examining me. slated that
I. was in an advanced stiige of conisumip- 1
tion and thsreate ned with diabetes and
paratlysial 11o thought I might possibly
prolong my life for a year or two, b~y
seeking a higher and drnier climna'o,
TIhis was my coniditioni wihen the peopl'e
in your part of the country last summer.
Tlhen I started for the Rockies but
hked2( this country, and settled here. At
iltst the change helped ime, but about i
three yoears ago the benefit Ceensod.
T'hen 1 failen so rapidly that .L could be
out of becd only part of cach, day. All
my o'ld symiptomes returnled. At this I
crisis, a party of Eastern gentlenien, on
a butlalo hunt, made my house their I
headquarters.- Inl the party was a Dr,
Wakelield, whlo informed mnc that I had
a bad ease of iucurable Bright's Diseasoe
anid gave me a preparation which might,
ho said, ease me for a few weeks or
umonthis, but that was the best that could
be done. I have comnmeinced p)reachiing
again; for I look upt tihe circumstances I
and manner of my cure as a direct in
torposit ion of Providence, and to Provi
donce are my services due. That is my
story. I think it is a good a romane-_
andi muchi bettor, for it is true."
Stingy Waya.
"I see," she obseived 8s she locked up
from tier paper, "that another woman who
vas p)erfectly sane all the time has been just
reikased from a lunatic asylum aff r a de-.
tentlon of three years.''
"'Y es,"' briefly replied the husband.
"bhc was incarcerated by lier husband,''
"YeP."
"Who wanted her out of tho ,way that
he magl.t marry another woman."
"In ease you desIred to dispose of me
you would probably have inc shut me upt
in a lunatic asylum.''
"'No, ma'am ; I snouldi poison you.
That's the cheaper aint better wvay. As a
.nani of bunness, and as ani ativocate of
financial economy, I have thought this
matter over time andh again, aind I should
certainly prefer to spenri fifteen cents for
arsenic to paying out $10 to $15 per week
Ior goodlness knows how long."
Ste looked at lim a long time with a
whole iceb)erg in each eye, and thein turned
to her paper with the remark: "Juet like
your stingy ways ; you never want mne to
have anything like other folks."
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iHeal estate at Jerusalem is evidently by t
no meana stagnant, siunce the American
consul in that city reports the issue of per.
mits for buiding sixty-fiye new houses andi
for adding to sixty. three others. IIouses of ~
modern style are fahionable in the sub
urbe, and there is a rise in rents. Not
otly has the populatiou of Jerusalem n- C
creased (turing the year, but flint of Jaffa a
and Hebron, the chief gain being an influx e
of Russian Jews fleeing from persecution,
"Jtudea for the Jews" may soon become a
rallying cry. Jaffa contains nearly '20,000
people,
b
The Scicnt1l/Z Amnencan says that one ft
of the surest destructive agents for carpet a
bugs is hcnnc, thoroughly applie.
AGROUVi'UR.
4obTil UAHOLMS's PuoitIATIk.--Tlh
leposits of phosphate toes. to the mining
yf which the Sea Islands owe, to d great
xtent, their present prosperity, extends
from the CooDer 1lver on the norto to the
Brood Itiver on the south. The tract of
land and water supposed to be underlaid
by the phosphate stratum is about one
hundred miles long by twenty-five miles
w!d-. Originally, I think, all this tract
was under water, and the islands were
fornied by the slow growth of sand bars
and the gradual elaation of the country.
.rhe phosphate rocks lie on a bed of clay,
not in a solid sheet, ai might be expected,
but much as paving stones, in the sand
Ued of a city's streete. The stratum is of
the average thickness of one toot. An
acre will yield 1000 tons of dried phos
phate rock fit for the market. In the riv
Pra and shallow bays the stratum is gener.
ally covered by a thin layer of sand or
muck, and many tons of loose rocks are
scattered widely on the almost solid sur
race or the main deposit. These pieces
have probably been toi n up from the pave
ment by the tides. In the marshes the
rock is covered by from three to twenty
[eot ot muck, and under the islands it is
deeply covered by sand and gravel. It is
"Inly such rock as lies under the water, or
Is carried by a shallo* deposit of muck on
,he marshy ground, that is worked at pre.
sent. The process of obtaining this rock
is called mining; but, when it is under
water, it Is more I.roperly fishing, as from
)ight to.twonty feet of water cover the
Itratum at high tide. I judge that the
3lay bed on whtc)i'the phosphate rock lies
was a pasture ground for large mastodons
hat grazed to and fro at will over the
nahy ground as the tide ebbed and flow
.d. The fossil remains of sharke, clamus,
ysters and mastodons are scatered
broughout the phosi>hate formation.
The Dhosphate rock that is to be shipped
rom these ports Is washed clean of all
and and muck and then dried, It is wash
!d by being thrown into a concave trough,
lightly inclined, in which an endless
crew ever turning torces the phosphate
ipward. At the upper cud of the trough
heavy stream of water enters, being
miped up from the river or bay. The
urning of the screw loosens the material
hrown into the trough Pnd allows the
vater to work freely on the sand and
nuck sticking to the phosphates and wash
ng them away, while the larger pieces of
ock, unable to 1,ass under he flanges of
lie screw, are forced upward in a heavy
,olunn. The phosphates are discharge
nto an inclined screen,and there whatever
and or muck may have been held by the
noving muass of rocks is wasbed off by an
oher stream of water, and falls through
he screen into a trough, and is carried to
he river bank and discharged into the
idewater. The rock as it comes from the
icreens fails into smaii cars;these, as filled
ire pushed Into te drying house, empty
*ars taking their place under the discharg
ng spouts. In the dryinr room are four
)ins, each holding about 800 tons. These
>ins have perforated iron pipes running
icross theni. These pipes are in short
ections, and fit together like gas mans.
l'hey are placed into position as the phos.
hates are dumped into the bins. All Whese
)ipes connect with an oven simiular to a
iot-blast oven of an iron furnace. The
)in being filled with ore and the per'ora
ed pipes being properly conn(cted with
he hot-air oven the blowing engine begins
york, and the heated air is blonn into the
nsass of wet rocks. in from twelve to
weinty days the phiosphiates are thoroughly
Iriedl and are ready for ahipmiient. The less
ni drying is about 20 per cent.
The phoesphate beds when under water
ire the property of the State. They are
bhrownu open to anty ;'arties who may wish
9 nine oni their agreeing to pay a royalty
)i Si per ton. Exclusive right to mine
irnder the waters of any tract are no Ion
?,er g' anted. TIhus far in 1880, some 140
)Ot0 tons of rock have been fished up. The
royalty on this amount of rock amounts to
bout one fourth of the revenue of South
Jarohna. TIhe rock diried and ready for
hip ment is sold at, an average p)rice of $8
i(r toni on bonard ship.
[lie wec k1 pay of the negroes employed
)y the companies considlering Beauifort
heir hieadquiarters amounts to about $7000.
i'hie payment. of this sum weekly to the
iegroes exp'lainis the prosperity of the
'W!aek County'' of. South Carolina.
Pns russon i8nniTvaa says, regarding
veeds, that it, is an impossibiity to select
in i.veragc plant among thenm for experi
nuent, as the growth varies in localities.
r'ho nuinber or epecies of weeds which
:an start on a limited ares is very surpris
mig. Ina a pear orchard that had been
>lowedi and( hairrowedi last season a single
(1inare oo:, of ground was found to con
ain 856 growing plants, comprising seven
hastiit species, niot counting grasses or
lovers. One plant containedi 24 species
f weeds, a lawn 18, the fields 30, and the
~arden 22.
A OonRHsP8iOUNENT of the Country (fcn.
Clcman claims that clover benets and en,
icheus the soil by adding carbon thereto, it
ontaining 50 per cent, of that element,
nd further states that "Surely the absur
iity of raising clover and pens for tie lit.
le bits of mitrogen thiey contain is appar
mit. Secure carbon in the soil and in the
ircu lation of the air it will grasp a hun
hrcd times its bulk ot nitrogen, and hold
>n to it as food for oxygen to form nitric
ocid, or as foodl or hydrogen to form am
iina in the great chemuical action brought
uito play by lile-"
Asa decorative plants single dahlias will
>ecomne very popular. They are easily
;rown, produce an abundance of bloom,
11nd are not at all fastidious as to sod and
tosition, They can be treated as animals,
ond, provided a good strain of seed it ob
aimedl, the aniateur may dlepend upon get
mug a great variety of color. TIho seedl
hould be sown early in Jauary and
rown on until May. By that timie they
vili be strong plants. A few might be
rown in po0is for wInter decoration, while
hose iiiteii(den for sunmner display should
e planted out.
ffswox corners with their mass of brush
nid weedls afford secure retreat for such
roublesoflie insects as live through theo
rinter, andl for the dleposite of egge of
thers readly to hatch out in early spring,
lie larvm prepared to engage in depreda
ions upon tihe first plants that appear.
'ire p)uts an cend to most ot these, and
tius the destroying clement lessena the la
or and saves the crope of the farms.
MALlTREII dissolved at the rate of one
nd a half to two ounces to a gallon of
!ater. andi applied with a sorinkier,
ril completoly banish the European
slbbage worm. .it has proved not only
sure cure for this iiuisance, but a
pecial fertilizer in stimulating an in
reseed growth ot plant.]
ONE pound of fresh eggs ms worth al
test as much for food as two pounds of
cef. An egg contains overy necessity
ir the development of the perfect animal;
ad yet eggs properly cooked are rarely
mnd on tha tar,iAr's table.
DOAMBT104
iW id holnething which Will Rive
employment to the children. on days
sometimes dreaded by quiet-loving
mothers, when the scbools are out and
the house is full of noise and frolics.
Get some plaster of Paris and water,
and provide some moulds; these may
he borrowed from the kitchen
pudding moulds, blanc-mange moulds,
scalloped cake-tins, and even plain
but prettily-shaped bowls, will any and
all answer every purpose. Now set
the children to .work; let them mix
the plaster and -water, and 1111 the
moulds. If any of the articles they
make are of such sizo and shave that
they can be hung on the wall,~provido
some loop of ribbon or of braid, and
when the mould is about half full of
plaster lay the end of the loop in and
then pour more plaster over it. When
the plaster is hardened lbe loop will be
found to be securely fastened in, and
capable of sustaining the weight of the
article. When the plain bowl is used,
or a deep plato, the article moulded will
resemble a plaque, and can be decorated
by pasting some bright pioturo or paint
ing some design on it..
A UNIQUE ORNAMENT. -A unique or
nament for the corner of a room is made
by procuring a well seasoned board,
about ihreo feet and a half long and
eighteen inches wide. This is to be
covered with dove colored felt, on which
is embroidered in crowels a bunch of
eat-tails and grasses. The effoct to be
sought in arranging the group is that of
being laid upon the board when freshly
gathered. There must be no stiffness
in the arrangement; the grases and
seeds muost be of unequal lengths, some
of them reaching quite to the top of the
board, and all uniting at the bottom as
if <(ropped from the hand. ' This may
be placed in any graceful position in
the corner of the room.
MA1uE.--ChOp your meat (cold)
very fine, season with salt and pepper,
and add one cup of raw rice to two cups
of chopped meat. Take the leaves off
a cabbage as whole as possible; pour
over thom boiling water, and let them
lay until thoroughly wilted. Take a
good spoonful of the mixture and place
in each leaf, rolling it tight and packing
them in the kettle; then add water
enough to cover them, and boil an hour
and a half. A good bowl of gravy is a
great improvement on this dish. A few
bones at the bottom of the kettle will
provent burning while cooking.
AN exchange recommends the use of
fresh, green grape leaves to place on
top of pickles in jars in place of flannel
or other cloth usually employed. He
claims the leaves will preserve the vie
gar sharp and clear, and impart a nice
flavor. The leaves should be rinsed in
puro water and loft to drain before use,
and occabionally changed. They ex
clude the air, and besides imparting a
delightful flavor to the picklo, cause
less trouble to the housewife.
B=D's NEST PUDDINa.-Pare si:k ap
ples and take out the cores without
breaking them. Fill the holes where
the cores came out with sugar, after
placing the apples in an earthen pud
ding dish. Make a batter of one pint
of milk, two tablespoonfuls of flour and
three eggs. Pour this over the apples and
bake until the fruit is soft. Servo with
"cream sauce." The sauce-alf a cup
of butter, beaten until very light; one
cup of powdered sugar, half a cup of
cream. Set the dish in a basin of hot
water and stir until it is all creamy; It
will only take a minute or t wo.
CATaxiLn MLKn POTATOEs,--Take
good sound potatoes, cut them in slices,
(rawv), and put the milk, according to>
the quantity you wish to make, in a
pudding dish; then after you have put
the potatoes in the milk put it in the
oven for about twenty minutes, then
take out and put the peLitoes with the
same milk into a saucepan to boil until
done; season before you put thoem to
boil.
BoILED COD.-SOW the fishi up in a
piece of mosquito-nettinig. Put on in
pilent.y of boilhng water, a little salt,
allowing about twelve minutes per~
pouind. Unwrap; lay upon a hot dish,
and pour ever it--serving the same in a
boat--a cuptul of drawn b)utter mamde
from the fish pot liquor, aiid containing,
beside butter and flour, the p)ounde<d
yolks of two boiled eggs and a table
spoonful of chopped green p)ickle.
BEVoUE putting a roast of veal in the
oven cover the upper side of it with
tim slicea of 'bacon. Unless you have
tried this you will be surprised to find
wvhat a deli',ato flavor and rich brown
color will be imparted to the otherwise
almost tasteless meat. Thme gravy will
be greatly improved, and the dressing
also, if the knuckle is stuffeid.
RENOVATING FUn.--Take a large tin
paln; put a pint of wheat flour ini it; put
the cloak in it; rub it thoroughliy with
the hands until the flour looks dark;
then if the fur is not white enough, rul>
it again with more clean flour; thon rub
it with pulverized chalk.- This gives it
a pearly-wvhite look. It is also good to
clean knit nubias.
NouEnumsa and appetiv ing gruel may
be made of Indian meal. Take a table
spoonful of sifted meal, and, aftter rub
bing it smooth in cold wvater, add a
teaspooinful of salt and pour over this a
pint of boiling water, stirring tile meal
constantly while adding the -water, so
that it will not be lumpy. Let it boil
slowly for half an hour, and then a
tablespoonful of cream may be added.
H1AM CooiKED IN CIDEn.-Pmit a pint
of cidler and a cup of brown sugar into
enough water to cover the hiam; boil
three hours, or until the skin will peel
off easily. Remove the skin, cover the
h1am with a crust of sugar, and bake ill
ii slow oven three hours. Dissolve a
eup of sugar in a pint of cidoer anmd baste
the ham frequently while baking, if
the cider is very sweet use less sugar.
A CUnE FeoB COnD.-loil two ounces
of flax seed in one quart of water; strain,
indl add two ounces of rock candy, one
half pint of hloney, juice of thlrce lemons;
mx and le,t all boil well; let cool andi
aottle. Doso, one cuul onci going to
bed, one-half cupful before meals. The
hotter you driftk it the better.
PAN PIE.--Lino a deep) tin with pie
rist; fill with the best tart apples; out
hmii slices of pork, and lay over the top;
uwoeten with half brown sugar and the
,est molasses; a little salt and sprinkle
>f allspIce. J3ake three hours in a slow
>ven.
BTHwXD ONIONs.-TOp, tail, and skin,
3oil in two waters, throwing both away.
WVhen the onions tire tender, have ready
n a saucepan a cup of drawn butter,.
hay the onions in it, simmer ten min
ites, and serve in the sauce.
FLAT ThONS.-A good way to make
lat irons smooth is to rub them with
'lean lard andl rub dry. I
.
!At*'uarriages of D*d4,ed1.
A diase, like the ibdividial hIhout
it is locaized, has a genealogy. It has f4
an ancestry of "morbid conditions" all i
cotamingled, and transmitted from suf
forer to sufferer, until "by inherlm
dispositions, accumulating and oom, 1
bining in definite proportions," altering. I
for good or evil according to the soil a
on which it grows, a now one Is pro-i
duced. This, In a few words, strippecC
of its technicalities. and deprived, un.
fortunately, also, of the wealth of t]
illustration with which it is accom- a
panied, is Sir James Paget's ingenious t
theory. Its attractions are undeniable, b
its plausibility great, and though the
author, in addressing a professional
audience, forbore deducing a moral, j
the lessons which it irresistibly sug- a
geats are too patent to escape notice. b
That ohddren inherit the courage, V
t
cowardice, prodigality, frugality, face, t
figure, complexion, tone of voice, and 0
talents of the parents is, of course, a tj
truism. It is equally certain that dis - fl
eased parents bequeath their frailties 0
to their offspring. Scrofula, cancer, s
onsumption, opilepsy, rheumatism,
gout, insanity, cretinism 'and albinism
a'e among the most familiar of the dis - ii
eases or defects which "run in familfes." I
A craving for alcohol is a recognized e
"morbus," handd down from father
to son, whilo listlessness, sloth, ifa
practicability are as really transmitted g
as a capacity for work and a clear brain f
from one generation to another. A n
prudent person hesitates to marry a
consumptive, or a member of a family
in which insanity has appeared, thw3 C
acknowledging the soundness of the il
data muntioned. Consanguinity is be- c
lieved, and justly so-to intensify the 1
risks of transmission, though only be- b
oa"se theie is a chance of near relatives, tA
such as cousins, being tainted with the h
same family trouble. Yet little care is y
taken to avoid dangerous "intermar-. J
ringes of diseases," to use the phrase
which Dr. Benjamin Richardson has
so happily coined. If both parents il
havr. a tendency to the same malady, t]
the children can scarcely escape. But d
if caicer and consumption wed, there 1
is hardly a hope of the offspring escap
ing early death or prolonged misery h
from cancer, lupus, comsumption. 1
tuberculosis of the brain, epilepsy, t,
diabotes from nervous injury, or some 1
variation or combination of the three.
The intermarriage of rheumatism -and
consumption is productive of hydro- 0
cephalus, and diseases of the bony y
framo-work of the body, such as the t
hip-joint disease so comnion among a
weakly children. The State does not v
in modern timos-as in a more heroic
age-exercise a control over marriage.
It is, therefore, all the more immErative r
tn those who are swvayed by so:ne re- I
gard for posterity not to neglect in mar. ~
riago every consideration save those of ~
affection, wealth, position or social
itness, when their own future sorrow
and that of another .eneration arc in- e
volved in their noglect of the laws of v
nature. t
vatiuo or Mrontan,a Girasses.*
it is claimed that Montana grasses
axe richer and stronger than any in the i
world. They grow in bunches, and a
have solid stalks from six to ten inches E
in height, whose heads are filled with
sweet nutritious seeds. It is a kind of
"standing hay" for Winter use. As we
sawv it, it looked like wheat, dead r:ipe, v
and it is said to ietain this color till I
Spring. But while the pasturage is so)
free and open, still every ranchmani has ~
a
his owni range with his cabin and corral ~
for branding service. After branding S
his cattle and turinig them loose for U
the 'Winter, lie is careful not to humor 6
them oni the af. proach of a storm by C
feeding them at home, and they soon
become indepondlent and learn to "rius
tie" for themnselves. As b~f ore men
tioned, the Winter of 1879--80 was very ti
severe, and thousands of cattble perished "
on the ranges. Many stock men arc t
now building sheds near well snoeltered g
canyons, as a p)recautionary measure, rt
and also cutting aLd putting uip hay u
at a cost o)r only about $1 a ton. E~x. 0.
perielico is teaching them that with k
their wide margins they can aiflord i
more expense. Trho average cost of
raising a steer, not counting the inter- mi
est on the money invested is only about I'
$1 a year. lHe will .bring on the rancho ti
in market condition about $20, and at
the railroad $25. With such handsome a
profits there is no excuse for careless ti
management, and some of thn large tI
growers are becoming more careful of ti
their stock during the Winter. They I
will supply a herder for about every t
thousand cattlo,whose duty it is simply ti
to natah them from a distance, ride b
riroundi the outskirts and follow up any b
trails loading away. a
-, , ci
(ndest, ren In the WVori,
Thei~ oldest tree In tho worhi, so far l
iis anyone knows, is the JDo tree of the ai
sacred city of Amarapoora, in Burnmah, hi
It was planted 288 B. (I., andl is thore- fr
roro now 2170 years old. Sir James W
Imerson Tonnet gives reasons for be-.o
lieving that the tree is rea.hy of this a
wondierful age, and refers to lh tori ki
locuments in which It is mentioneel at hii
lifl'erent dates, asi 182 A. 1).,.228 A. D,, 'u
md so on to the prcseont day, "To it.," re
e
asys Sir Jamnea, "kingsi haveoeven i
khodcated their donilnions, in testimnoiy E
>f belief that it is a branch of the as
denticalh tree uinder which Iiuddamh ro- in
dlined at Urumelya whoeo ha underwenit p~
uis ap)othieoais." 1's heaves are carried81
away as streamers by pilgrims, but it is
00 sacred to touch with a kmif,, and
he.refore they are only gathered when tet
hey fall. The king oak in Windsor ba
~orest, England, is 1000 ycars old. tra
..... r,
--In London plum stones are bought pe
Lo to be nut Inta nauteae ja- E a
A Terrible Trge4Y'
John d 1Tarir'en,ti, Ia
>t murder in tb quis, F or yVje
ad borne an evil 'reputation. He was
rraigned to-day to stand trial for the
Airder of Michael Payton, a bdke*:
rhom he had stabbed in a drinking sa.
>on, on the night of August 20,.1881,
'ayton lived about a week afto. thp
tabbing. Parker's subsequent arrest
ras not his first. aquaintanc with tho:
bw. Four or five years before a young
ian named Thompson was stabbed at
danco in his own house and died of
le wound. Parker, who was known
3 "Johnny," was accused of the (time,
,ied and acquitted. Publio opinion,
owever, never was agreed upon .the
oint of his innocence. ,
Nellie Prker, his young wife, was a,
tight, pretty and delite little woman.
'hough her family is not wealthy; her
3oial position was so much bettier than
er husband's that their marriage aboilt
Vo years ago made quite a local sensa
on. Her devotion to the man of her
hoice, rough and desperate as he was,
ras known long before the tragedy of
)-day. Ever since Parker's arrest, the
all form of the young wife has been
Dstantly seen about the jail, and the
ympathy of all employed about the
til was hers.
The court was crowded. The young
,ifo, Nellie, was there, her baby boy
1 her arms. With her were two of
'arker's sisters. They seemed calm and
von cheerful, and as soon- as she could
nuage it crossed to the barred cage
here he was confined, and leane I
gainst it talking to him through the
ratiAg. The attendants made way
)r her, and noticed the affectionate
ature of her greeting to him and the
ontleness with which he replied to
er.
Whilo they were conversing Gov.
1harles P. Johnson, his attorney, rose
i the court and asked permission to
mnsult with his client in the jury room.
ermission was granted. An officer
>ck the man from the cage. Nellie,
ith a smile, handed the laughing baby
> her sister-in-law and walked beside
er husband across the court, the law
ars, (ov. Johnson and Presley N,
ones leading and the sisters foilowing.
'he spectators gazed at the little pro.
assion with some interest, but, save
ie wife and husband, no one knew that
was a proccAsion to death for two of
[em. Yet such it was. To the rough,
esperato fellow it was the way to de
verance, even through the grave. But
: the little creature by his side it was
uch a test of will power that it can
ardly be measured, She knew that
e was going to kill her; she had ageed
D die at his hands. He had the wea
,on of fate deftly concealed.
Clinging to her husband, despairing
t heart, but calm of face, she passed
ii with him and entered the jury room.
jife closed upon her as the attendant
)eked the door whereby they had on.
Dred. Hiusbaud and wife sat down on
bench together. Not a sign of fear
ras upon either. She sat with her hand
-i his. He talked earnestly with his
twyers. Governor Johnson arose and
ft the jury room With' a grave face.
'resby d ones sat near by writting.
leither lawyer suspected that the whole
fair had been the ruse of a desperate
can and woman weary of life.
The door had closed behind Gov.
ohnson and the ocup)ants of the room
-Parker, his wife aunt the busy attorney
xcepted-wcre watching in a dumb
ray the attendant who was shooting
he bolts. At this moment it was that
'arker swiftly drew his pistol and, put
mng the muzzle against the back of his
rite's head, pulled the trigger. The
eport rang out and brought all to their
>ens the young wife tumbled forward
a heap to the floor--dead I Before
ny one could take a stop toward the
lurderer Parkt r had fired again, the
ullet this time piercing his own brain,
le fell beshte her-not dead, but soon
die. Cointernation was on every face,
ourt otlicials rushed in andl doctors
ere summoned. In forty minutes
arker breathed his last. T1he traged.'
'as over. The mnurderer left a letter
>his sister saying : "See that I am put
longei<te my little boy Morris and give
uir bodica to my old friend, John P.
[ullaly. The Knits of Honor will
Lke care of my sweet, loving wife,
ive my love to all, and especial.y Tom
aliahan,
itoaurrczoon of a PrehisItoric Raco.
About ten miles from Cincinnati, along
io Little Miami river, is a locality
hich has long been known to the coun
y people as the 'Pottery Field." The
round was strewed with fragments of
ottery. bones, arrow-points, and other
nmns of like chalauator, and the place
as generally co:nsidered to be the site
an ancient workshop. The primitive
resi still occupies the locality, and is
ade up of oak, beech, el01, maple,,
anut, etc. All around are found n
eroums mounds of tumuli, most of them
nail. A few of these were opened by
lomtn~ iaque, in 1876, and some in
rting igg fond ut in 1878,
r.CalsMetz and other gentlemen'
terested in archloelogy commenced a
~stomatic exploration of the country
ereabout, anid so much has been found
ut we are enabl, d o form some Idea of
me habits, and get a glimpse into the
fe, of the people whlo ce lived in
1e immediato vicinity of the city of
incinnmati. During the four years that
me excavations have been carried on,
etween 650 and 700 skeletons have
een brought to light. Many of them
*e in advanced state of decay, and
umble to pieces on the slightest touch,
hile otheris, again, arc in a very good
ate of preservamtion. It can, therefore,
irdly be inferred that, because some
the skeletons are much decayed, they
e neessarily very old ; for though we7
ive well-preserved remains of bones
em Bbylon,, Nineveb and Egypt,
hieh'are certainly 2,500 or 3,000 years
I, still the causes are exceptional in
inch they are found in good condition
ter the lapse of many years. Difi'erent
uds of soil and1( difference in climate
wve much to do with the matter ; for,
a dry and equablechmato, bones may
sist ior- a lng time the influence I
1ich would caus.e their decay, while,
a moist (chmaute, aLdiwithi sudden and
tremo chaliges of temiperature, sueh
we have here, anmy bome, unles-buried
peOat, or subject constantly to heavy
essure, so as to become partially fos
ized, is liable to soon decay,
frtita of ,Stel.--A patent recently gran
I in Vienna and Bierlin is for using
dad of steel, teumpered and h'ardeneda, to
amit motion frcm one pulley to anoth.
in belting. The faces of the pulleys,
ordhing to this arrangem ent are turned
fectly flat and then covered with a var.
blof rosin, shoHlac and asphalt